HP proliant ML350P Raid 1 Rebuild

[Alexm32]

One of the drives in RAID 1 has failed on a HP Proliant ML350p server, I have tried hot swapping the drive with a new one but it doesn't rebuild automatically and says "Ready to rebuild" on ILO. Having not worked on this type of set up before, will me pressing the F1 prompt at start up take a long time to rebuild a 1Tb HDD? And would this prevent users logging in until complete or just happen in the background?

I've tried searching the HPE website but can't seem to find this particular scenario.

The message it brings up on reboot is:

HP dynamic smart array B120i RAID controller (v3.06.0, 0mb) 2 logical volumes

1786-drive Array recovery needed

The following disk drive(s) need automatic recovery (Rebuild):

Bay 2 <F9=setup>

Select "F1" to continue with recovery of data to drive(s)

Select "F2" to continue without recover of data to drive(s)

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated!

[Tam92]

Hello,

Ideally the rebuild should start on it own as soon as you plug in the new drive.

However, it also depends on the firmware of the controller. Make sure the controller firmware is up-to-date.. In your case it is B120i which is integrated, So its firmware is included in BIOS.

This is a basic entry level controller, and if it is busy in performing other tasks, it might not start the rebuild activity.

Please make sure the drive is compatible and is in good state.

As it is RAID 1, i would suggest taking a backup as soon as possible, because if the rebuild does not start, we need to delete and re-create the array.

Thanks,

TAM